Invention Application
- Patent Title: FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION NOZZLE WITH CONTROLLABLE EXIT SHAPE
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Application No.: US15382565Application Date: 2016-12-16
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Publication No.: US20170173878A1Publication Date: 2017-06-22
- Inventor: Jonah Samuel Myerberg , Ric Fulop , Matthew David Verminski , Jan Schroers , Anastasios John Hart , Richard Remo Fontana , Ricardo Chin , Nicholas Mykulowycz , Joseph Yosup Shim , Christopher Allan Schuh , Emanuel Michael Sachs , Yet-Ming Chiang , Michael Andrew Gibson
- Applicant: Desktop Metal, Inc.
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B33Y30/00
Abstract:
A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process. The shape of an extrusion nozzle may be varied during extrusion to control, e.g., an amount of build material deposited, a shape of extrudate exiting the nozzle, a feature resolution, and the like.
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